JOSH MCDOWELL AND NORMAN WAKEFIELD - FRIEND OF THE LONELY HEART

A 4-SESSION VIDEO SERIES FOR JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
with Josh Mcdowell
including:
- interactive video lessons with dramatic vignettes and music videos
- video teaching by Josh McDowell and Norm Wakefield
- Friend Of The Lonely Heart companion book
- reproducible leader's guide for 60-minute group sessions
- creative activities

Dear Josh
"Sometimes I feel so alone - like no one cares. It seems my folks live in their separate world and I live in mine. I know it sounds crazy, but I want them to leave me alone and yet, I want to be a part of their lives. Most of the time they leave me alone and it gets pretty lonely" A Lonely Teenager

In the next 30 minutes 285 children will become victims of broken homes, 685 teenagers will take some form of narcotic, 57 kids will run away from home and 229 will attempt suicide. Loneliness plagues the lives of young people, even Christian youth, and they are trying desperately to fill that void. In this series Josh McDowell, along with counselor Dr. Norm Wakefield, strike at the heart of the loneliness problem and share biblical solutions that will enable your youth to begin breaking the loneliness cycle.

Each video session opens with a dramatic vignette that sets up the lesson. Then Josh and Norm provide insight, suggested solutions and guidance. Each video session concludes with a dramatic vignette or a music video.

The sessions include:
Session 1: Outside Looking InYour youth will discover that loneliness is often rooted in their view of themselves. They will learn what makes them feel like losers and get 5 practical steps to developing a winner's mentality.

Session 2: Nightmare On Your StreetHome is designed to be a place where teenagers can feel safe, secure and know they belong. But, if there is turmoil and trouble at home, they can feel very lonely. Here they will learn how to work through 4 common home problems that will help them overcome the feelings of loneliness.

Session 3: The Bore WarStudents will learn 4 practical steps of overcoming boredom that will give them new direction, meaning and excitement to living.
-- This session finishes with the music video for "Love" by Petra

Session 4: Breaking Free From LonelinessYour young people will discover 7 forces that often trap them into a loneliness cycle and 5 principles that will allow them to begin breaking free from this negative cycle of living.
-- This session finishes with the music video for "Longing For Someone" by Kim Boyce